The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Funding

On Thursday, April 9, 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced funding available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP). The EFSP National Board has awarded funds made available through ARRA to qualifying jurisdictions through their EFSP Local Board and to State Set-Aside Committees. The funds awarded through ARRA have been made available to respond to increases in need for emergency services being seen by emergency services provider agencies. Award materials were mailed to Local Boards and State Set-Aside Committees on April 24, 2009, including instructions and deadlines. (Information on specific awards may be found under the Award links below.)

Phase 27 Funding Announced

On December 19, 2008, the National Board awarded funds to qualifying jurisdictions and State Set-Aside Committees. Congress appropriated $200 million for use in Phase 27 to supplement local service providers.

Phase 26 Final Reports and Compliance

Final Reports for all Local Boards and Local Recipient Organizations (LROs) are now past due. Please remember that the Phase 26 Final Report must be received before Phase 27 or ARRA funding can be released and that no agency with an outstanding compliance problem from any previous phase of funding can be paid until all compliance issues have been resolved. (Final Reports can be accessed under the Local Board and LRO information section of the web site.)

EFSP Training Webinars Available for Replay

Please see the Training Workshop link below to access both the Local Board and LRO webinars for replay. Both webinars include relevant information regarding the administration of the EFSP.

About EFSP	More about how the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program works as a public/private partnership to deliver money to your community that is spent according to how your community sees its own needs.
Getting Funding	How the National Board allocates funds to communities and the statistics used to make those awards.
Awards County List for the Current Awards County Award History State Award History National Award Summary	The awards by FY and ARRA awards, state and county.
Funded Organizations	Organizations recently receiving funds. Or enter your ZIP code to check organizations in your local area:
Your Community	Find out how funds have been spent in your community.
Volunteering	How to find volunteering opportunities in your community.
Training Workshops	Find out about training opportunities and recorded webinars for Local Boards and Local Recipient Organizations.
Assistance	Where can I seek assistance in my community?
LB and LRO Information This location contains the various forms and information used by Local Boards and Local Recipient Organizations.	When entering your organization ID, a Local Board would enter the jurisdiction ID, 123456 for example. For an LRO, enter 123456789, where 123456 represents the jurisdiction ID and 789 is your LRO number. Do not include the phase number or any dashes. Enter your organization ID Enter your password
Current Phase Deadlines	Key deadline dates for Phase 27.
Submitting LB Plans via the Web	Instructions on submitting LB Plans via this web site.
What Makes Sense; What Works	Around the nation EFSP local board members and staff and recipient organization staff have taken the framework of the EFSP guidelines and expanded them into administrative and service delivery systems that have increased community-wide participation -- with fairness in application and targeting to those in need as the two key considerations.
The National Board	More about the National Board and the EFSP staff.
Contact EFSP	Questions about the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program? Contact us through the mail, by phone, or through the Web.
Home pages of funded organizations	Visit web sites of organizations funded by the Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
Related Resources	Links to related resources on the Internet including government and non-profit.